In the early 1980s, Springfield Remanufacturing Corporation
(SRC) in Springfield, Missouri, was a near
bankrupt division of International
Harvester. That's when a green young manager,
Jack Stack, took over and turned it around. He
didn't know how to "manage" a company, but he did
know about the principal, of athletic competition
and democracy: keeping score, having fun, playing
fair, providing choice, and having a voice. With
these principals he created his own style of
management -- open-book management. The key is to
let everyone in on financial decisions. At SRC,
everyone learns how to read a P&L -- even
those without a high school education know how
much the toilet paper they use cuts into profits.
SRC people have a piece of the action and a vote
in company matters. Imagine having a vote on your
bonus and on what businesses the company should
be in. SRC restored the dignity of economic
freedom to its people. Stack's "open-book
management" is the key -- a system which, as he
describes it here, is literally a game,
and one so simple anyone can use it. As part of
the Currency paperback line, the book includes a
"User's Guide" -- an introduction and discussion
guide created for the paperback by the author --
to help readers make practical use of the book's
ideas. Jack Stack is the president and CEO of the
Springfield Remanufacturing Corporation, in
Springfield, Missouri. The recipient of the 1993
Business Enterprise Trust Award, Jack speaks
throughout the country on The Great Game Of
Business and Open Book Management.
Main feature Epistory - Typing Chronicles, that is, in fact, fast printing, is also implemented interestingly and unusually. When you fight, light the torches, activate the levers to open the doors and solve some riddle, when you remove the various obstacles on the way and open the chests - all these actions are carried out precisely by typing letters on the keyboard. Which is indicated above each object / enemy. But words can belong to different elements, and you still need to switch between the types of magic (fire, ice, earth, air), again typing the corresponding key words. Accordingly, in some locations you just do not get until you learn the right magic. (Anna May 10:43am May 20, 2018)
Words are logical and thematic, and there are also not very - some, apparently, are generated randomly. When you break into any mine in the mine to gain additional experience, and type "hydromica" for this, or when you write "anion / Tesla / network" sequentially to activate the switch, it's all clear. But when an aggressive fly flies on you or a fat caterpillar creeps over it, and combinations of the letters "Bajul / member / shame" or "Yiddish / horseradish / liter" rise proudly above it, you will agree, it becomes a little ridiculous. Or a lot. (Anna May 10:44am May 20, 2018)